Does law school prefer students who graduated their undergrad/grad? Forum

[Shangrilala]

Hi,
So I know people officially say no, but what do you think?
Because I found some schools ask to fill out student ID number etc if you attended their undergrad.
Do they prefer students from their undergrad etc??

[acr]

Maybe marginally, but they care more about GPA/LSAT.

[Rigo]

All else equal, sure maybe.
But it won't make up for poorer numbers.

[mrtux45]

I would guess if your numbers are what they're looking for, they may be more inclined to accept you assuming you like the school, understand the culture, and would thus be more likely to attend.

This is just my best guess. In the end, numbers >>>everything else

[t-14orbust]

I've been told anecdotally that Boalt discriminates against Berkeley undergrads

[grades??]

Yale prefers their undergrad. Something like almost 1/4th of the Yale class is Yale undergrad.

[34iplaw]

I've been told anecdotally that Boalt discriminates against Berkeley undergrads

Cornell Law may too. I remember hearing somewhere while up there that Cornell doesn't, or at least claims not to, like students coming back to do multiple degrees.

[Rigo]

I've been told anecdotally that Boalt discriminates against Berkeley undergrads

Cornell Law may too. I remember hearing somewhere while up there that Cornell doesn't, or at least claims not to, like students coming back to do multiple degrees.

Cornell is just looking out for your mental health.

[MKC]

I've been told anecdotally that Boalt discriminates against Berkeley undergrads

Cornell Law may too. I remember hearing somewhere while up there that Cornell doesn't, or at least claims not to, like students coming back to do multiple degrees.

Cornell is just looking out for your mental health.

They already put up nets under the gorge cliffs/bridges. I don't see why they need to go overboard like this.

[goldenbear2020]

I've been told anecdotally that Boalt discriminates against Berkeley undergrads

That would make sense, since Berkeley ug is probably below average among the Berkeley Law class.

[SlippinJimmy]

I've been told anecdotally that Boalt discriminates against Berkeley undergrads

That would make sense, since Berkeley ug is probably below average among the Berkeley Law class.

What does this even mean?

[goldenbear2020]

I've been told anecdotally that Boalt discriminates against Berkeley undergrads

That would make sense, since Berkeley ug is probably below average among the Berkeley Law class.

What does this even mean?

Most Berkeley Law students probably attended an undergrad better than Berkeley.

[Rigo]

I've been told anecdotally that Boalt discriminates against Berkeley undergrads

That would make sense, since Berkeley ug is probably below average among the Berkeley Law class.

What does this even mean?

Most Berkeley Law students attended an undergrad better than Berkeley.

Kind of weird for a law school to think their parent is shitty though.

[dietcoke1]

I've been told anecdotally that Boalt discriminates against Berkeley undergrads

That would make sense, since Berkeley ug is probably below average among the Berkeley Law class.

What does this even mean?

Most Berkeley Law students attended an undergrad better than Berkeley.

Kind of weird for a law school to think their parent is shitty though.

I really don't think that is the case cause otherwise they must think my undergrad is really shitty and they let me in.

[Rigo]

I really don't think that is the case cause otherwise they must think my undergrad is really shitty and they let me in.

I don't think it's the case either.

[SlippinJimmy]

I've been told anecdotally that Boalt discriminates against Berkeley undergrads

That would make sense, since Berkeley ug is probably below average among the Berkeley Law class.

What does this even mean?

Most Berkeley Law students probably attended an undergrad better than Berkeley.

I seriously doubt that. There are like 15, give or take, undergraduate schools clearly better than Berkeley. You can't fill a 300 person class with 15 schools.

https://www.law.berkeley.edu/admissions ... s-profile/

"115 undergraduate schools represented. Most predominant are U.C. Berkeley, UCLA, USC, Brown, Georgetown, U. Chicago, Harvard, Stanford, and Yale."

[charles117]

I've been told anecdotally that Boalt discriminates against Berkeley undergrads

That would make sense, since Berkeley ug is probably below average among the Berkeley Law class.

What does this even mean?

Most Berkeley Law students attended an undergrad better than Berkeley.

Kind of weird for a law school to think their parent is shitty though.

the phd programs at cal are like this too. berkeley in general tends to frown upon "inbreeding"

[A. Nony Mouse]

Most PhD programs do. I don't think it's as widespread in law schools because they're so much more numbers-focused.

[emmbeegee]

Most PhD programs do. I don't think it's as widespread in law schools because they're so much more numbers-focused.

So interesting to hear this -- in my field, students are strongly discouraged from applying to PhD programs at their BA alma mater. Academia is such a fickle world.

[KissMyAxe]

Yale prefers their undergrad. Something like almost 1/4th of the Yale class is Yale undergrad.

This is my understanding as well.

And you can definitely fill a class with 15 schools. 50% of YLS' class are from three schools, and like 85% from like 10. They could easily make up the rest with 5 more schools. But I agree it's dumb to think Berkeley is thought of poorly by Berkeley Law, as that implies HYP grads are inherently better, when that has not been my experience.

[A. Nony Mouse]

Most PhD programs do. I don't think it's as widespread in law schools because they're so much more numbers-focused.

So interesting to hear this -- in my field, students are strongly discouraged from applying to PhD programs at their BA alma mater. Academia is such a fickle world.

Yes, that's the case in my field too (I was agreeing with the post above me that said that Berkeley frowns on inbreeding.) sorry to be unclear!

[emmbeegee]

Most PhD programs do. I don't think it's as widespread in law schools because they're so much more numbers-focused.

So interesting to hear this -- in my field, students are strongly discouraged from applying to PhD programs at their BA alma mater. Academia is such a fickle world.

Yes, that's the case in my field too (I was agreeing with the post above me that said that Berkeley frowns on inbreeding.) sorry to be unclear!

Oh haha gotcha, I see what you were replying to. Inbreeding is the word we use too... Taking the MA/PhD from the same school is usually fine if it is a combo program, but each freestanding degree is expected to come from a different uni.